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MARCOS NUNES HAT-TRICK GIVES BRAMPTON VICTORY….Visitors overcome first half deficit

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A second half hat-trick by Brampton City Utd striker Marcos Nunes lifted his side to a 3-1 away victory over St. Catharines Wolves at Club Roma in St. Catharines Wednesday night.
It was a second half blitz by the visitors to overcome a first half 1-0 deficit after Calvin Rosario of St. Catharines drove the ball into the net to the left of Brampton goalkeeper Camilo Benzi at the 26th minute mark, a score that held to the interval.
Brampton pressed for an equalizer early in the second half and at 52 minutes Nunes struck his first when he found the net from close range. 
Nunes, 20, who plays also for Humber College and is considered one of the most promising young prospects in the region, beat St. Catharines ‘keeper Chris Kurdzeil at 84 minutes to put Brampton ahead 2-1 and he scored again five minutes later to complete the hat-trick. It was 3-1 at the final whistle in favour of the Toronto area team.
It was goals 7, 8 and 9 in the current campaign for Marcos Nunes to lift the Brampton native to second place in the CSL goalscoring race.
The win improves Brampton to a 5-1-0 WLT record for second place in the First Division standings, three points behind league leaders Kingston FC. It was the home opener for the Garden City team which now has a 1-2-0 record for three points and it was the first mid-week encounter in the 2013 season CSL schedule.
The upcoming weekend games:
FIRST DIVISION
Fri, Jun 21  Hellenic Com Centre 8:30 PM London City  vs Windsor Stars 
Sat, Jun 22  Kalar Sports Park  7 PM Niagara United vs Burlington SC 
Sun, Jun 23  Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM Astros Vasas FC  vs York Region Shooters  
Sun, Jun 23  Nelson Stadium 5 PM Burlington SC vs Windsor Stars 
Sun, Jun 23  Victoria Park  5:30 PM Brampton City Utd  vs Kingston FC 
Sun, Jun 23  Warrior Field Waterloo 7 PM SC Waterloo vs London City  
Sun, Jun 23  Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs St. Catharines Wolves 
SECOND DIVISION
Sat, Jun 22  Portuguese/Oriental 11 AM SC Waterloo B vs York Region Shooters B 
Sun, Jun 23  Victoria Park  3 PM Brampton City Utd B vs Kingston FC B 
Sun, Jun 23  Club Roma Park 6 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs London City B

TORONTO CROATIA HELD TO 1-1 TIE SUNDAY

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CSL champions Toronto Croatia were held to a 1-1 tie with Niagara United at Centennial Stadium and it was the visiting Niagara team that took the lead on an own goal from a header by defender Sven Arapovic into his own net. The goal came at 24 minute…

TWO GOALS BY MIDFIELDER CRISTIAN DRAGOI PROPELS WINDSOR TO FIRST WIN

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Two first half goals by midfielder Cristian Dragoi moved Windsor Stars to their first win of the new season, opening their account with a 4-1 defeat of Astros Vasas FC at Windsor Stadium, the only game in the Canadian Soccer League First Division Saturday.

Dragoi opened the scoring for the home side at 22 minutes with a hard low drive that beat Astros Vasas goalkeeper Erno Bostyan and Windsor hit again with two goals in quick succession. The first by David Kadoic – he headed into the net at 25 minutes – and immediately after the re-start Drogoi struck his second of the night to make it 3-0 at the
interval.

Astros Vasas reduced the lead in the second half when Jose Melo scored on a penalty  after referee Hassane Rifai pointed to the spot when a visitors’ forward was brought down inside the 18 yard line, the goal coming at the 58th minute mark and it was 3-1 in favour of Windsor.

Windsor Stars increased the lead to 4-1 on a goal by Adam Philp who drove the ball into the net at the 87th minute mark and the score held to the final whistle.

There was one game in the Second Division Saturday:
Niagara United B 4, Toronto Croatia B 1

Remaining games in the Canadian Soccer League this weekend:

FIRST DIVISION 
Sun, Jun 16  Queen’s West Field  1 PM Kingston FC vs London City 
Sun, Jun 16  Victoria Park  5:30 PM Brampton City Utd vs SC Waterloo 
Sun, Jun 16  St. Joan of Arc  6:30 PM York Region Shooters vs St. Catharines Wolves
Sun, Jun 16  Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs Niagara United 

SECOND DIVISION
Sun, Jun 16  Victoria Park  3 PM Brampton City Utd B vs SC Waterloo B
Sun, Jun 16  Queens West Field  3:15 PM Kingston FC B vs London City B
Sun, Jun 16  St. Joan of Arc  4 PM York Region Shooters B vs St. Catharines Wolves B

NIAGARA UNITED GAIN FIRST VICTORY FRIDAY

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Niagara United gained their first victory of the season with a 1-0 defeat of Serbian White Eagles at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, the only game in the CSL Friday night.

It was a game of missed opportunities, particularly with Serbian Eagles when Kiril Dimitrov came close at 36 minutes and Djorjije Strunjas at 70 minutes when he faced an empty net after Niagara ‘keeper John DeLuca was well beaten.

The visitors did find the net from one of their chances when forward Keith Makubuya scored at the 80th minute mark. Defender Malcolm Mings started the play in midfield, moved the ball to forward Derek Paterson whose shot was saved by Serbian Eagles’ goalkeeper Stefan Avramovic. He directed the ball onto the goalpost but the ball reached Makubuya to score from three yards.

The win gives Niagara United a 1-3-2 WLT record for 5 points, while Serbian White Eagles suffered their fourth loss of the current campaign for a 2-4-1 record for 7 points.

Remaining games in the Canadian Soccer League this weekend:

FIRST DIVISION
Sat, Jun 15  Windsor Stadium  7 PM Windsor Stars vs Astros Vasas FC 
Sun, Jun 16  Queen’s West Field  1 PM Kingston FC vs London City 
Sun, Jun 16  Victoria Park  5:30 PM Brampton City Utd vs SC Waterloo 
Sun, Jun 16  St. Joan of Arc  6:30 PM York Region Shooters vs St. Catharines Wolves
Sun, Jun 16  Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs Niagara United 

SECOND DIVISION
Sat, Jun 15  Hershey Turf Field  5 PM Toronto Croatia B vs Niagara United B
Sun, Jun 16  Victoria Park  3 PM Brampton City Utd B vs SC Waterloo B
Sun, Jun 16  Queens West Field  3:15 PM Kingston FC B vs London City B
Sun, Jun 16  St. Joan of Arc  4 PM York Region Shooters B vs St. Catharines Wolves B

RICHARD WEST STRIKES WINNER FOR YORK REGION SHOOTERS

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A winning goal by York Region Shooters striker Richard West gave his team its second win of the new season, a 2-1 result over home side Niagara United at Kalar Park in Niagara Falls, the only game in the CSL First Division Saturday.

It was West’s third goal of the season and came at the 72nd minute with the teams tied 1-1 and the visiting York Region team playing with 10 men following the ejection of  defender Marcello Capazzolo for Violent Conduct.

York Region forward Kadian Lecky opened the scoring at the 19th minute mark when he closed in to beat Niagara goalkeeper Jonathan Bruggeling for a 1-0 score at the break and Preston Corporal leveled the score for the home side when referee Alexis Vaughan ordered a penalty at 56 minutes following a shirt pulling incident.

Corporal drove the ball past York Region Shooters ‘keeper Adrian Ibanez from the penalty spot for a 1-1 tie and West won the game for the visitors 16 minutes later.

Other games in the Canadian Soccer League Saturday:

SECOND DIVISION
Niagara United B 1, York Region Shooters B 0
Toronto Croatia B 3, SC Waterloo B 0
London City B vs Serbian White Eagles B  POSTPONED

Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:

FIRST DIVISION                                                                 
Sun, Jun 9  Queen’s West Field   1 PM  Kingston FC vs  Windsor Stars
Sun, Jun 9  Esther Shiner Stadium  4:30 PM  Astros Vasas FC vs  Toronto Croatia
Sun, Jun 9  Victoria Park 7 PM     Brampton City Utd vs  Burlington SC
Sun, Jun 9  Warrior Field Waterloo 7 PM  SC Waterloo vs Serbian White Eagles

BEADER’S LATE HEADER SINKS LONDON HOPES FOR FIRST WIN…..Well-played encounter Friday

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<![CDATA[London City were heading for their first win of the new season when with just minutes to the final whistle Serbian White Eagles’ forward Milan Beader took a cross to head past London ‘keeper Vladimir Markotic at 87 minutes for a 2-2 final score, a well-played encounter at the Hellenic Community ground in London and the only game in the Canadian Soccer League Friday.

London midfielder Gent Miftari opened the scoring for the home side at 54 minutes following a scoreless first half and Serbian Eagles tied the score 1-1 nine minutes later when referee David Barrie ordered

KINGSTON FC SIX POINTS CLEAR FOLLOWING FIFTH VICTORY..Late winner for Burlington SC

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Kingston FC jumped into a six-point lead at the top of the First Division standings on winning their third home game of the season by a 5-2 score, while Burlington SC overcame a 2-1 half-time deficit to defeat SC Waterloo 3-2, two games played in the Canadian Soccer League Saturday night. One other game scheduled, Windsor Stars vs St. Catharines Wolves, was called off Saturday morning following overnight rain that rendered the surface at Windsor Stadium unplayable.

Kingston forward Guillaume Surot scored from the penalty spot at the 13th minute mark at the Queen’s West Field following a foul on the home side’s Edgar Soglo and Nathan Klemencic made it 2-0 for Kingston at 31 minutes. It was Klemencic’s third goal of the season.

Niagara United striker Derek Patterson reduced the lead to 2-1 when he found the net past Kingston ‘keeper Jaroslav Tesar at 37 minutes and it was 2-1 at the break.

  Soglo increased the Kingston lead to 3-1 at 55 minutes and midfielder Jason Massie made it 4-1 before  Niagara midfielder Gary Boughton cut the lead to 4-2 with a low strike at the 84th minute mark.

 Surot scored his second of the game and eighth of the season at 90 minutes, a 5-2 score at the final whistle.

SC Waterloo took the lead after just 3 minutes at Nelson Stadium in Burlington, a goal by Adis Hasecic, but  Nicholas Lindsay tied the game 1-1 for Burlington at the 12th minute mark.

Hasecic scored his second at 36 minutes for a 2-1 lead for the visitors at the interval. It was Hasecic’s fifth goal of the season.

Burlington tied the game at 63 minutes when William Tabi found the net from the penalty spot past Waterloo goalkeeper Imad Hakura and Mohmmed Mohmmed struck the winner for Burlington at 83 minutes, a 3-2 final score.

There were two games in the CSL Second Division Saturday:

Niagara United B 2, Kingston FC B 1
London City B 4, Toronto Croatia B 1

WINDSOR vs ST. CATHARINES OFF DUE TO WET CONDITIONS

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Weather has caused the postponement on Saturday morning of one game in the CSL First Division with the cancellation of the Windsor Stars vs St. Catharines Wolves match. This game was due to kickoff at 7 pm Saturday evening.

Fine weather is expected in Kingston where the two games scheduled there include plans to honour the military personnel in attendance on the 150th anniversary of the Princess of Wales Own Regiment. All military personnel will be admitted at half price, while those serving overseas will be admitted free.

Kingston FC  (3-1-0 for 9 points on top of the standings) are hoping to keep their good form going in the First Division game against Niagara United at 5 pm and this will be followed by the Kingston FC B vs Niagara United B Second Division reserves encounter at 7.15 pm.

The full weekend schedule is:

FIRST DIVISION
Sat, June 1  Queen’s West Field  5 PM Kingston FC vs Niagara United 
Sat, June 1  Nelson Stadium 5 PM Burlington SC vs  SC Waterloo 

Sat, June 1  Windsor Stadium  7 PM Windsor Stars vs St. Catharines Wolves                           POSTPONED DUE TO GROUND CONDITIONS

Sun, June 2  Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM Astros Vasas FC vs London City 
Sun, June 2  St. Joan of Arc  6:30 PM York Reg Shooters vs Brampton City Utd 
Sun, June 2  Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia  vs Serbian White Eagles 

SECOND DIVISION
Sat, June 1  Hellenic Com Centre  5:30 PM London City B vs Toronto Croatia B
Sat, June 1  Queen’s West Field 7:15 PM Kingston FC B vs Niagara United B
Sun, June 2  St. Joan of Arc  4 PM York Reg Shooters vs B Brampton City Utd B
Sun, June 2  Club Roma Park 6 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs Serbian White Eagles B 

TWO GOALS BY ALEX BRALETIC IN BRAMPTON VICTORY SATURDAY

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Two goals by forward Alex Braletic earned Brampton City Utd a 3-1 victory over Niagara United at Kalar Park in Niagara Falls, the only game played in the CSL First Division Saturday.

It was the first victory of the season for the GTA club following a 6-2 loss to Kingston FC in the opener on May 5, while Niagara United are still without a win following early season ties against London City on May 10 and SC Waterloo on May 12.

Niagara midfielder Rudy Pikzinski opened the scoring for the home side at 46 minutes following a scoreless first half.  Pikzinski lifted the ball over the head of Brampton goalkeeper Euloge Awitor Kodzo and Braletic tied the game 1-1 with his first goal at the 62nd minute mark.

Brampton’s Marcos Nunes put the visiting side up 2-1 at the 74th minute when he found the net past Niagara goalkeeper Jonathan Buggeling following a breakaway down the right side and Braletic increased the lead to 3-1 at 91 minutes, the score at the final whistle.

There were three games in the CSL Second Division Saturday:

Niagara United B 2, Brampton City Utd 2
SC Waterloo B 3, St. Catharines Wolves B 2
Toronto Croatia B 2, Kingston FC  B 1

Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:

FIRST DIVISION
Sun, May 26  Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM Astros Vasas FC vs Kingston FC
Sun, May 26  St. Joan of Arc  6:30 PM York Region Shooters vs Serbian White Eagles 
Sun, May 26  Warrior Field Waterloo 7 PM SC Waterloo  vs Burlington SC
Sun, May 26  Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia  vs London City 

SECOND DIVISION
Sun, May 26  St. Joan of Arc  4 PM York Region Shooters B vs Serbian White Eagles B 

ST. CATHARINES WOLVES FULL MARKS FOR SEASON OPENER VICTORY..London City salvage late tie with Shooters

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A goalmouth miscue by York Region Shooters at 93 minutes gave London City a 2-2 tie at the Hellenic Community Centre ground in London and in one other game played in the Canadian Soccer League Friday night, St. Catharines Roma Wolves handed the home side Serbian White Eagles a 3-1 defeat at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke.

It was a chippy affair in London where three players – two from the visiting Shooters and one from London City were shown the red card by referee Matt McCready for offences which included violent conduct.

Forward Aldin Kukic put London City into the lead at 37 minutes and Nicolas Martinez of York Region Shooters tied the score 1-1 at the 44th minute mark.

Richard West put the visitors in front at 83 minutes when he found the net past London goalkeeper Vladimir Markotic and York Region appeared to have the game won when in added time Shooters goalkeeper Adrian Ibanez was involved in a goalmouth collision. The mishap allowed London midfielder Gent Miftari to pick-up the loose ball and find the net from close range for a 2-2 tie.

The ejections, which left York Region Shooters with nine men, were Andre Stewart and Rickey Herron, while Marin Vucemilovic Grgic of London City was also ordered off.

St. Catharines Wolves were full marks for their first victory of the season in the Garden City’s season opener and it was Calvin Rosario of St. Catharines who opened the scoring at 42 minutes when he headed in a free kick. It was 1-0 at the break.

Antonio Stranges made it 2-0 three minutes into the second half following a breakaway and at the 70th minute a Serbian White Eagles home victory became more unlikely when Daniel Chamale was ordered off on receiving a second yellow card.

The visitors went further ahead on a goal by Brett Larocque at 83 minutes and two minutes later Serbian White Eagles were awarded a penalty kick and Kiril Dimitrov scored with his second attempt from the spot for a 3-1 final score in favour of St. Catharines Wolves.

Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:

FIRST DIVISION
Sat, May 25  Kalar Sports Park  7 PM Niagara United vs Brampton City Utd 
Sun, May 26  Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM Astros Vasas FC vs Kingston FC
Sun, May 26  St. Joan of Arc  6:30 PM York Region Shooters vs Serbian White Eagles 
Sun, May 26  Warrior Field Waterloo 7 PM SC Waterloo  vs Burlington SC
Sun, May 26  Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia  vs London City 

SECOND DIVISION
Sat, May 25  Portuguese/Oriental 11 AM SC Waterloo B vs St. Catharines Wolves B
Sat, May 25  Kalar Sports Park  4 PM Niagara United B vs Brampton City Utd B
Sat, May 25  Hershey Field  5 PM Toronto Croatia B vs Kingston FC B
Sun, May 26  St. Joan of Arc  4 PM York Region Shooters B vs Serbian White Eagles B 

KINGSTON FC DEFEATS BURLINGTON SUNDAY ……Guillaume Surot scores twice in 2-1 victory

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Kingston FC defeated CSL expansion club Burlington SC 2-1 at Queen’s West Field in Kingston, the only game played in the Canadian Soccer League Sunday.

There were several close calls in a scoreless first half, particularly by Kingston forward Guillaume Surot including a goal-line clearance with Burlington ‘keeper Vladimir Vujasinovic well beaten. Surot also caught the goalpost with an attempt just before half-time and it remained scoreless at the break.

Surot put the home side into the lead at 52 minutes, scoring from the penalty spot after Edgar Soglo was pulled down in the box. The penalty was placed just inside the right post out of reach of Vujasinovic for Surot’s third goal of the season.

Burlington drew level at 62 minutes, a goal by striker Nicholas Lindsay who closed in from 50 yards to beat Kingston goalkeeper Jaroslav Tesar with a low drive to the bottom right corner of the net.

Kingston forward Catalin Lichioiu almost put the home side into the lead two minutes later when he caught the crossbar and at 74 minutes Surot struck the winner with Mademba Ba and Soglo involved in the play. It was Surot’s fourth goal of the season.and the game ended 2-1.

Surot, a native of France, was named the WTC Communications man of the match.

There were two games in the CSL Second Division Saturday night, London City B beat Brampton City Utd B 1-0 at the Hellenic Community Centre in London and Niagara United B handed Serbian White Eagles B a 3-0 defeat at Eglinton Flats in Toronto.

SERBIAN EAGLES CONVINCING IN HOME OPENER … A decided edge in 3-0 victory over Astros Vasas Friday

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Serbian White Eagles opened the season with a convincing 3-0 win over Astros Vasas FC at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, the only game in the Canadian Soccer League Friday night.

Serbian Eagles had a slight edge in play in the early going and took the lead after 21 minutes following a good passing play entering the Astros Vasas penalty box following a free kick. Midfielder Kiril Dimitrov moved the ball to Ivan Stankovic who touched it to Djorjije Strunjas to slot the ball just inside the left post. It was 1-0 at the break.

Ten minutes into the second half Astros Vasas had their first real attempt at scoring when Koroly Csak drove the ball from 16 yards just over the top right corner of the net out of reach of Serbian Eagles’ goalkeeper Stefan Avramovic.

The home side increased their lead at 74 minutes when Stankovic found the top left corner of the net from 15 yards past Astros Vasas goalkeeper Antal-Andras Toth, the goal coming off a right wing cross by Dimitrov.

Serbian White Eagles took a 3-0 lead at the 82nd minute mark on a goal by Dimitrov when he collected a rebound off the crossbar from a shot by Stankovic just inside the box. The score held to the final whistle.

Serbian Eagles’ coach Uros Stamatovic was pleased with his team’s performance for the opening game: “We are developing a number of young players and I’m satisfied with their performance with the win tonight – they did a lot of things right and they know when they play that well they will enjoy the experience,” he said.

Serbian Eagles are looking to improve last season’s sixth place in the 16-team CSL First Division and will be at home on May 24 to St. Catharines Roma Wolves, a 9 pm kickoff at Centennial Stadium.

It was the second defeat for Astros Vasas FC in the new season following a 1-0 loss to York Region Shooters on May 12. “But it will take a few games,” said Laszlo Deak, assistant GM and president of the Toronto Vasas, a branch of the Budapest-based organization, who was instrumental in the merger with North York Astros to form Astros Vasas FC to kickoff the 2013 CSL season.

Astros Vasas FC will play their home opener against Kingston FC at Esther Shiner Stadium on May 26, that’s a 4.30 pm start.

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